Welcome back to GLOBAL MUSEUM, your award-winning & free webzine compendium, read weekly by 7,400 readers in more than 176 countries. *** "As far as I am concerned it is the best source for museum professionals in search of employment " *** Free Online subscription. http://www.globalmuseum.org The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this address http://www.globalmuseum.org and click on the NEWS button) in this week's edition include: ** Mystery Insect Bugs Experts The identity of an insect discovered on the grounds of the Natural History Museum is bugging the experts ** Ulcers Discovered in Mummies The mummies for this research were recovered in a funeral cave of La Ventana, in the Chihuahua State desert, and in a cave in the state of Durango ** Split mars awards as artists pull work A bitter split has emerged in Australias most prestigious Aboriginal art competition after several works shortlisted for the final round were withdrawn one month before the announcement of the winners ** A list of recommended museums in Beijing For many overseas visitors to Beijing for the Olympic Games, it may be a good and meaningful arrangement to insert some trips to local museums between sport matches. See also Palace Museum below ** School sack races cancelled by health and safety - because the children might fall over Teachers at John F Kennedy Primary in Washington, Tyne and Wear, dropped the popular events after discussions with Beamish Open Air Museum, where an Edwardian-themed sports day was held ________________________________________________________________ **** NEW SITE, HAPPY TRAVELLERS - GREAT FARES & DEALS FOR 2008! **** MUSEUM-TRAVELLER.COM - Global Museum's Travel Service For Business and Pleasure - the leading provider of online museum travel, established in 1998. 40,000 in over 8,000 cities worldwide. Group Reservations. CLICK HERE http://www.museum-traveller.com Airfares, Car Rentals, Accommodation, Destination Guides, Condo's and Cruises! Provider is a member of I.A.T.A. ________________________________________________________________ ** In restoring diners, juvenile offenders work on themselves These were places where Americans dawdled, debated and dated, kibitzing over sliders (sausage patties), sinkers (donuts), and Adam and Eve on a raft (poached eggs on toast) ** Australia assists to conserve textile and batik in Pekalongan Australia has sponsored a week-long Textile Conservation Workshop at the Batik Museum in Pekalongan, Central Java, to help conserve Indonesian traditional textiles and batik ** Unveiling the World's Most Famous Anonymous Artist The reclusive street artist has collected several celebrity fans, including Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Christina Aguilera ** Introduction to the Palace Museum in Beijing The Palace Museum in the centre of Beijing is historically and artistically one of the most comprehensive museums in China, and uses as its foundation the Forbidden City, a palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1840), and their collection of treasures ** Merseybeat exhibit opens in city A new exhibition marking 60 years of Merseyside's contribution to popular music has opened in Liverpool ** Hundreds see huge squid dissected at Melbourne Museum Nature lovers and the morbidly curious turn up as much as two hours early, and some hold children on shoulders ** This Week's Horoscopes Scorpio. October 24 to November 21 - Sometimes the truth can be difficult to hear. Thankfully, a battery-operated megaphone will make your past failures crystal clear ________________________________________________________________________ Join The Global Museum Social Network - Meet & Make Friends, Share Photos & Videos, Blog, Use the Forum, Join A Group. Be one of the museum members - 150 have already met online. Join Today At http://globalmuseum.ning.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ** The Harley Museum Goes the Whole Hog The Harley-Davidson Museum was designed and curated by New York's Pentagram and is intended as a mecca for motorcyclists, housing artefacts such as the hogs owned by Elvis Presley and daredevil Evil Knievel as well as the company's earliest and rarest models ** Ancient Rome's she-wolf statue not so ancient? In a front-page article in Rome daily La Repubblica, Adriano La Regina, who for decades headed the national archaeological office for Rome, suggested that the Capitoline Museums was reluctant to release test results indicating the bronze was medieval ** Researchers open secret cave under Mexican pyramid Archaeologists are opening a cave sealed for more than 30 years deep beneath a Mexican pyramid to look for clues about the mysterious collapse of one of ancient civilization's largest cities ** Survey shows Russian museums missing 50,000 items Former Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered the survey after his government was deeply embarrassed in 2006 by hundreds of thefts from the crown jewel of Russia's art world, St. Petersburg's Hermitage gallery ** Art to wear, if you dare Think of Alexander Calder, and the first thing to come to mind would likely be the suspended abstract sculptures that silently orbit above the heads of museumgoers around the world ** Head of Hadrian to be put on public display at British Museum for first time It is part of a sculpture of the enigmatic Second Century emperor, excavated from Sagalassos in south-west Turkey last August, that originally stood more than 15 feet high ** Call for Papers: Classical Collections and British Country Houses and Gardens Papers are invited for a one day research seminar on 'Classical Collections and British Country houses and Gardens' to be held at in the Arts Faculty, the Open University in Milton Keynes on Friday 12 December 2008. ** Snapshot of Aussie Greek café culture A photography exhibition exploring an important chapter in the development of Australian culture, Selling an American Dream: Australia's Greek Café, has opened at the National Museum of Australia. ** Call for Papers - NAWCC Symposium The NAWCC Symposium is an annual meeting of National Association of Clock and Watch Collectors (NAWCC) All this and more for you at Global Museum - See the latest museum JOBS, BOOKSHOP, RESOURCES, PODCASTS, HOT JOB TIPS, great people posting their RESUMES, FORUM, Cheap and reliable WORLD TRAVEL, Social Networking, Museum Online Document Store, Podcasts, Museum Accredited Courses, products & Services. http://www.globalmuseum.org First published on the Web in 1998 and going strong! 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